Breaking cover earlier this week, The Stone Roses initially announced two shows at the enormous Manchester venue.
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Tickets for the original two dates – June 17 and 18 – sold out, so a third (June 19) was added.
Predictably, a few of the tickets – which have a face value of £64.90 – are already on offer on ticket tout websites and online marketplaces such as Get Me In and eBay for up to £500.
Many took to Twitter to register their frustration.
As well as the Manchester gigs, the group are also reportedly being lined up as one of the three Glastonbury headliners for next year.
Following their homecoming gigs, the band will hit the stage at Strathallan Castle Scotland.
Fans had been hoping this week’s announcement would quickly lead to new music being shared by the band, to the backdrop of the promise of fresh material going right back to the announcement of their reunion in October 2011.
In fact a few were so set on it they were debating about how they will get tickets already.
Others weren’t so convinced: “The Stone Roses announcement will either be fake or a gig in Manchester where you’d have to sell family members to get a ticket”. “But now they feel everything is in place to record a new album”.
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21 years after their last album The Second Coming, Ian Brown and co are reuniting for a total of five dates this summer – their first performance since 2012. Would love to hear how they sound in 2015.
